orc (DataFrameWriter)

Saves the content of the DataFrame in ORC format at the specified path.

Syntax

orc(path, mode=None, partitionBy=None, compression=None)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
path str The path in any Hadoop-supported file system.
mode str, optional The behavior when data already exists. Accepted values are 'append', 'overwrite', 'ignore', and 'error' or 'errorifexists' (default).
partitionBy str or list, optional Names of partitioning columns.
compression str, optional The compression codec to use.

Returns

None

Examples

Write a DataFrame into an ORC file and read it back.

import tempfile
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="orc") as d:
    spark.createDataFrame(
        [{"age": 100, "name": "Alice"}]
    ).write.orc(d, mode="overwrite")

    spark.read.format("orc").load(d).show()
    # +---+------------+
    # |age|        name|
    # +---+------------+
    # |100|Alice|
    # +---+------------+
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